Other #1 songs on March 8, 1956
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Why Baby Why

Webb Pierce and Red Sovine

#1 R&B song

The Great Pretender

The Platters

#1 song in the UK

Memories Are Made of This

Dean Martin

Notable March 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Jim Rice

Baseball Player

Born March 8, 1953

Steve James

Film Producer and Documentary Film Director

Born March 8, 1954

David Malpass

Economist and Official

Born March 8, 1956

Billy Childs

Jazz Pianist, Arranger and Conductor

Born March 8, 1957

Lester Holt

Journalist and News Anchor

Born March 8, 1959

Aidan Quinn

Actor

Born March 8, 1959